Improvement in plows



UNITED STATES SAMUEL WALKER, or KINGSTON, enoner igfl 1 PATENT FFICE- IMPROVEM ENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 26,633, dated December27, 1359.

ings, making a part of this specification, in

Which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan ortop view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

The invention is more especially designed for What are known asshovel-plows, used in the cultivation of southern crops, but it may beapplied with advantage to other small plows used as cultivators intillin g growing crops.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the plow-beam, which is constructed of Wrought-iron and ofbent or curved form, the back end extending downward and terminating ina loop, a, through which the foot B of the plow passes, the back end ofthe beam being secured to the foot by a bolt, b, which passes througheither of a series of holes, a, in the foot. The beam is quiteflat-thatis to say, of muchgreater depth than width--and it graduallytapers from its curve d toward eitherend,as shown clearlyin the figures.The foot B is also constructed of aflat metal bar, increased inthickness at its lower end so as to form a good bearing for the share 0,which is secured to the foot by a bolt, 0, the upper edge of the sharebeing notched to receive a shoulder, f, of the foot, in order to preventthe turning of the share on the bolt.

D D are two flat metal bars, the front-parts of which are secured bybolts g to the curve of the beam A. The back parts of these bars aresecured by a bolt, h, to the upper part of the foot B, said bolt hpassing through either of a series of holes, 6, in the foot.

To the upper part of the foot B the handles E E are attached. Thesehandles are constructed of flat metal bars the lower parts of i whichare slotted longitudinally, as shown at j, to allow the bolt h to passthrough. The lower parts of the handles are secured to the foot by boltsk k, which pass through holes of l the series 1'. The handles areconnected by a traverse-rod, l. l

From the above description it will be seen that the beam A may be raisedand lowered on the foot B by simply removing the bolts b h and insertingthem in different holes of their respective series, 0 t, therebylengthening or shortening the foot B. I

It will also be seen that the handles E E may be raised and lowered onthe foot B by removing the bolts K K and adjusting them in the properholes i, and that the point of the beam may be elevated as required byadjusting the back ends of the bars D D higher or lower in l the seriesof holes 1', the slotj in the lower parts same time adds greatly to itsvalue, as itmay be adapted to the team, the attendant, and to thecharacter of the work to be performed.

I do not claim constructing the several parts i of metal 5 but I doclaim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangement ofthe beam A, bars D D, foot B, and handles E E, as shown and described,in order to admit of the adjustment of the parts, as and for the purposeset forth.

SAMUEL WALKER.

Witnesses:

Trros. B. GoUcHE, SAMUEL SHEATS.

